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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
1
Classified snippets describe cloaks, neckties, coal, lumber, flour, cider and apples, furniture, dairy cows, land for sale, and an undertaker partnership dissolution. Names include Mrs Zehrang, Pilkington, Forest Lumber Co, Apple Cellar, W James, and C Hempney & Co with contact notes and dates in a midwestern town market page.
Local items show residents traveling for holidays and health, with Miss Pearl Benedict visiting family in Alliance and Rev G I Clark conducting services in Bayard. Community updates include land purchases, bowling results, a window shot, nurse training pursuits, donations to the paper, and church activities at the Alliance Baptist.
The paper reports about 300 new names enrolled in two months raising Tie Hream fist circulation to about 1200 and aims for 1500 in 30 days. Readers are urged to subscribe. Tank Heaaip is the official county paper for notices and Tuk Herkarn is praised for best printing. Letters from Captain W R Akers and Attorney J E Porter laud Dr Horn's letters from Tokyo for vivid life details and orient descriptions.
A dated verse by W. M. M. urges personal reform by listing faults such as gossip, drinking, envy, selfishness, and temper, then instructs the reader to swear off these vices. It references common social ills and a domestic setting as context.
Under date December agth Hon C F Coffee a Chadron banker and noted western stockman writes that The Herald is all right and he is glad to receive it weekly He approves the paper’s stance on stock interests and urges continued publication despite rival papers increasing their criticisms he praises the publication as good news.
At the bride’s residence Miss Lou Tharp daughter of Mr and Mrs Judge Tharp married William W Gray of Omaha Neb at 3 pm December 25 Rev W W Carr officiated The ceremony drew guests including M E Johnson and family B Mewhirter and family L P Craig of Alliance Neb A S Tharp and family Lena Herridon of Grand Island Several valuable presents and a splendid dinner followed The groom works as a stock buyer for a Chicago company and the couple will reside in Omaha
Hard Struggle lodge No 642 hosted a New Year’s Eve ball at the Alliance opera house. Nearly four hundred tickets were sold and the venue was attractively decorated by E. C. McClure and Clem Molring. It was Alliance’s first B K T I ball and may become an annual event.
A Triplett led party including Dr. Allen C E Pierce and A G Stevens tours the Redfern Gold Mining and Milling company property near the Black Hills on December 27 1902. They report a defined ledge ample water and machinery adequate for a larger mill with ore tests showing promising yields while cautioning residents not to expect a rapid fortune.
We thank kind neighbors and friends for assistance during illness and death of our husband and father and for the flowers. Mrs. C. A. Mackey and children extend appreciation to all who helped. SehOR Reek OR eres Dr. Allen, dentist, opera house.
Multiple short items report on residents and visitors in Alliance Nebraska. People named include Mise Georgian Miller, H C Armstrong, Dr Leo Edwards, J Wildy, E S Wildy, Mrs J W Christy, W T Schnipp, Mr and Mrs C T Britton, W M Alden, Prof Bartz, Fred Showquest, Mabel Dancan, Alma Hamilton, J P Haxard, Rev Jeffers, Neva Brennaman, Frank Ritter, and U S Senator Millard. Mentions cover trips, marriages, New Year greetings, business dealings, subscriptions, and a large New Year ticket drawing with 20 000 tickets sold.
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